Killer Of Family Seeks Parole Again

January 20, 1988

The Illinois Prisoner Review Board will decide in two weeks whether to grant parole to Patricia Columbo, 31, who is serving a 200- to 300-year sentence for the 1976 murders of her parents and 13-year-old brother in their Elk Grove Village home. The board heard a third request for parole by Columbo at a hearing Tuesday at Dwight Correctional Center, where she is an inmate. Parole was opposed by Elk Grove Village police and representatives of Cook County State`s Atty. Richard M. Daley. Margaret Byrne, Columbo`s attorney, said her client accepts responsibility for her role in the killings with her boyfriend, Frank DeLuca. ``Basically, she takes responsibility for the death of her family members, and she is not offering any excuse or justification,`` Byrne said. A spokesman for the parole board said a decision can be expected on Feb. 2.